Gelber Castillo is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Valic Financial Advisors, based in Berkeley Heights, NJ, and has three years of industry experience. His prior roles include work at Agia and involvement with the Immigration and American Citizenship Organization. Castillo also serves as an agent for non-securities insurance products. Valic Financial Advisors primarily serves U.S.-domiciled individual investors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as corporate and retirement-plan participants. The firm offers discretionary managed-account programs, financial planning, and brokerage services, utilizing Envestnet-developed UMA models to construct client portfolios.

Yong Hu is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor at Citigroup Global Markets with four years of industry experience. He has worked at Citi since 2022 and previously spent time at Northwestern Mutual in 2019. Hu’s background includes five years of full-time education at the college level. Citigroup Global Markets serves both individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, offering a range of investment advisory programs and broker-dealer services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies using internal oversight and provides access to diverse investment vehicles, including separately managed accounts and alternative products, supported by its institutional scale and unique market roles.

Peter Levine is a financial advisor with OSAIC Institutions, Inc., holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 38 years of industry experience. His work history includes positions at Apple Bank, Infinex Investments, JP Morgan Securities, and HSBC Securities. Outside of finance, Levine works part-time in event staffing as a waiter and bartender and has experience merchandising supermarkets and drugstores. OSAIC Institutions, Inc. is an SEC‑registered investment adviser serving individuals, ERISA retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate clients. The firm offers customized advisory services through a network of investment adviser representatives and operates a hybrid adviser/broker‑dealer model that includes access to alternative investments and a lending marketplace.

Timothy Anthony is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 11 years of industry experience. His prior roles include six years at The Brookings Institution and a period of self-employment before joining Citi in 2020. Citigroup Global Markets serves individual and institutional clients across various wealth segments, providing a broad range of investment advisory programs and execution services. The firm employs multi-asset, multi-manager strategies and leverages its large institutional scale and market roles to offer complex solutions, including discretionary accounts and alternative investments.

Vatsal Patel is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) based in Edison, NJ, holding the Series 66 credential and seven years of industry experience. He has worked at firms including Bank of America, Merrill, Edward Jones, and New York Life. Outside of his advisory work, Patel owns and operates a beer and wine convenience store called Windsor Shoppe. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services through a large network of affiliated advisors. The firm offers multiple program types and focuses on tailoring advice to client goals, with a significant portion of assets managed on a non-discretionary basis.

Jordan Heller is a CFP® and CFA® with 20 years of experience in the financial advisory industry. He is currently with Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC, where he has worked since 2019, following 11 years at Heller Wealth Advisors, LLC. Outside of his advisory role, he serves on the Board of Directors for the New York School of Podiatric Medicine and the audit committee for Alzheon, Inc., a biomedical company. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse client base, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a manager-of-managers approach, utilizing third-party independent managers selected through a formal due-diligence process, and sponsors proprietary investment vehicles and private funds.

Robert Schmidt is a financial advisor at &Partners with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 37 years of industry experience. His prior experience includes eight years at Wells Fargo Clearing and seven years at Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. &Partners serves a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm offers investment management and financial planning services using a variety of strategies and platforms, and operates as both a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer.

Michael Ricciardi is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has previously worked at Prudential Investment Management Services and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, as well as to Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage account holders. The firm integrates its services with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms, offering point-in-time financial plans and optional managed account solutions.

Diandra Allen is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with one year of industry experience. She holds her Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Prior to joining Beacon Pointe, she worked at Northwestern Mutual in various capacities and has experience with Extended Travel and Atlantic Health System. Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC provides wealth advisory, consulting, financial planning, and outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) services to individual and institutional clients. The firm combines asset-allocation modeling with third-party Independent Managers and employs both active and passive strategies across public and private asset classes.

Jinping Lin is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Lin has nine years of industry experience and has been with Transamerica Financial Advisors since 2016. In addition to advisory work, Lin is involved in sales of health insurance and Medicare products and acts as a referral agent for RealMart Realty. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, pension plans, trusts, and corporations. The firm offers both advisory and broker-dealer services with access to proprietary and third-party model portfolios and manages both discretionary and non-discretionary investment programs.

Brian Segel is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) based in Edison, NJ. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 38 years of industry experience. His career includes previous roles at firms such as Cetera, MassMutual, and Citigroup Global Markets. Eagle Strategies serves a broad mix of individual and institutional clients, providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored recommendations and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Loretta Aquino is a financial advisor at Cetera Planning Partners with 27 years of industry experience. She holds the PFS™ and Series 63 designations and has worked at firms including Avantax Advisory Services and her own accounting practice, Aquino & Co. CPA, PLLC. Aquino also serves as an elected Board of Trustee member for Staten Island Academy. Cetera Planning Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on pre-retirees and retirees with investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement-related advice. The firm offers integrated services such as tax planning, bookkeeping, and estate planning, supported by a formal, document-driven planning process and access to affiliated custodial and investment resources.

Lynn Jacobowski is a financial advisor with TLG Advisors, Inc. and holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses. She has 18 years of industry experience and has previously worked with firms including The Leaders Group, Inc., Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance, and Wealth Advisory Group. In addition to her advisory role, she operates as an independent insurance agent focusing on life insurance and Medicare products. TLG Advisors, Inc. serves a diverse client base including individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and institutional investors. The firm emphasizes manager selection and monitoring using fundamental analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory to create diversified portfolios, and offers both sub-advised accounts and a direct-to-consumer digital program called Starlight Portfolios.

John Novello is a financial advisor with Transamerica Financial Advisors and holds a Series 66 designation. He has five years of industry experience and has previously worked with BNI Business Developers and Securitas. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in notary services and health insurance sales through his ownership of SJV Financial Group LLC. Transamerica Financial Advisors, LLC serves a broad client base including individual investors, employer-sponsored retirement plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm utilizes model portfolios and third-party managers to implement investment strategies and offers various advisory programs alongside retirement plan services.

James Nicolaidis Jr. is a financial advisor with Citigroup Global Markets, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Citigroup Global Markets since 2009. Citigroup Global Markets serves a wide range of individual and institutional clients through various wealth management segments. The firm offers multi-asset, multi-manager investment strategies and a broad suite of advisory and execution services, combining large institutional scale with specialized market roles such as swap dealing and futures commission merchant activities.

Robert Defina is a financial advisor with TD Private Client Wealth LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 13 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Wells Fargo Clearing, Wells Fargo Bank, and PNC Investments, among others. TD Private Client Wealth LLC provides discretionary wrap-fee managed account programs and brokerage services to institutional clients, high-net-worth individuals, and retail clients, utilizing a combination of strategic and tactical asset allocation with investments from both affiliated and third-party sub-managers.

Chris Schiffer is a CFP® with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC since 2019. His prior experience includes six years at AEPG Wealth Strategies. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm offers financial planning, asset management, and specialized retirement plan consulting, utilizing a strategic investment process that combines passive and active management guided by an internal Investment Committee.

Elizabeth Espinal is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 24 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at LPL Financial, LLC and Santander Securities, LLC. She is based in Princeton, NJ. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division offers financial planning and managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing TIAA-administered employer retirement plan relationships. The firm provides discretionary management through model portfolios and customized solutions, applying a fiduciary standard within a vertically integrated structure that includes affiliated funds.

Chunhong Jiang is a CFA® charterholder with 14 years of industry experience, currently with Transamerica Financial Advisors. Prior to joining Transamerica in 2024, Jiang worked at Credit Suisse for 19 years and has held roles at 3ROCKS Investment LLC, WFGIA, and sunlight networks LLC. Jiang is involved in sales of insurance and non-insurance products affiliated with Transamerica Financial Advisors. Transamerica Financial Advisors serves a diverse client base, including individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, and corporations, offering both advisory and broker-dealer services through proprietary and third-party investment programs. The firm operates as both a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer, providing a range of managed portfolio options and related financial services.

Morgan Castner is a CFP® with 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at \u0026Partners since 2026 and previously spent 16 years at Wells Fargo Clearing and Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. \u0026Partners serves a diverse range of clients, including high-net-worth individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and private businesses. The firm offers investment management, financial and tax planning, and ERISA consulting, utilizing a combination of fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis across discretionary and non-discretionary accounts.